If they lift the mandate at health care places then I will feel that I can go without a mask indoors.. Other counties throughout Western Washington are experiencing an uptick as well: Some have crossed into the high levels for coronavirus transmission per state health thresholds. Choose your metric, and those have all been coming down in parallel, Snohomish County Health Officer Dr. Chris Spitters said this week. A year ago on July 17, 2021 the county reissued a universal mask mandate in response to the Delta variant, which lasted through March 4. . GEORGIA: Clayton County Schools will keep its mask mandate in place until summer, Fox5Atlanta reported. The directive includes retail, grocery and government buildings and any other public, indoor spaces. We depend on members for more than half of our financial support. The mandate will remain in place for health care facilities, hospitals, long-term care settings, public transit, taxis and rideshares, and correctional facilities. Come celebrate Anacortes 11th annual Bier on the Pier! It is no longer a matter of if, it is a question of when, Inslee said during a Feb. 9 press conference. Local COVID infections are still rapidly declining. It's Day 54. In September, an outdoor mask mandate was put in place for events with 500 . How he ended up dead in Snohomish River mudflats remains a mystery. Published February 23, 2022 Indoor mask mandate to conclude March 21 for most spaces The state's indoor mask mandate will be lifted for most public spaces Monday, March 21, including in restaurants, gyms, grocery stores and places of worship. By, Amazon pauses construction in Virginia on its second headquarters, Dam owner guilty in field turf pollution of Puyallup River, First auction held for licenses to pollute in Washington, Help the kelp! Northwest groups try to aid struggling kelp forests, Barbara Bryant, the first woman to head the U.S. census, has died at 96, Scientists find signs of horse riding in ancient human remains, A man dies of a brain-eating amoeba, possibly from rinsing his sinuses with tap water, Garland supports effort to hold Russia accountable for war crimes.